Comment by catigula

Comment by catigula 20 hours ago

There aren't any exact synonyms in English.

I've been an extensive internet user for decades and I don't have it in memory, so I'm not sure how to feel about your assertion. I'm not the only person saying this.

andruby 19 hours ago

> There aren't any exact synonyms in English.

I'm sure that depends on the tolerance. "assist" and "help"? "dog" and "canine"? "purchase" and "buy"?

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catigula 18 hours ago

I'm not just being pedantic, it's a fairly mainstream assertion in linguistics. I don't find those words synonymous. They have different performative content. I don't know if this applies to other languages.

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